After fumbling last year’s Patriot League Championship on their home floor, Colgate unleashed holy hell on their 4-team pod in 2021. Can the Raiders now seal the deal against a revamped competitive landscape in the do-or-die tournament? Ed DeChellis and the Midshipmen may have something to say about it…
Read moreAtlantic 10 Tournament Preview 2021
The Bonnies and Rams turned the consensus 2021 projections upside down. SLU and Richmond are the obvious *dark horses* heading in to the weekend, but they’ll have to dig their way out of unfavorable spots in the bracket.
Read morePatriot League 2020-21 Preview
After cruising to back-to-back Patriot League regular season titles, Colgate will try to avoid engaging cruise control when the stakes are highest - that is, if they get that far - after last year’s devastating home loss to Boston in the championship.
Read moreSWAC 2020-21 Preview
In a league full of Tigers, will the Panthers of Prairie View rule the big cat kingdom for the third year in a row?
Read moreAtlantic Sun 2020-21 Preview
The Flames and Ospreys split the 2020 regular season title, finishing four games ahead of the rest of the ASUN field. After a mass exodus gutted both squads this summer, can a new challenger rise to the top in 2021?
Read moreWAC 2020-21 Preview
New Mexico State is on a different planet than their conference counterparts. The Aggies enter the 2021 campaign riding a 34-game win streak against WAC opponents, which dates all the way back to January of 2019.
Read moreBig West 2020-21 Preview
UC Irvine has 3-peat on their mind. The Eaters have finished first or second for seven years running, a testament to Russell Turner’s program building brilliance. A gutted backcourt leaves them vulnerable, but will anyone capitalize?
Read moreSoCon 2020-21 Preview
After the ACC poached another SoCon head honcho this summer, another new champion is destined to rise in 2021.
Read moreMAC Preview 2020-21
Justin Turner threw his high major suitors for a loop when he opted to return to Bowling Green for his senior farewell tour. Turner headlines a hotbed of gifted guards around the MAC, which should be another tightly contested race to the finish.
Read moreAtlantic 10 2020-21 Preview
After obliterating the A-10 last year, the Obi Toppin-less Flyers have descended back to Earth. Now, parity will run rampant in a league separated by razor thin margins. Over half the field has a conference title belt in their crosshairs.
Read morePac 12 2020-21 Preview
For the second time in four years, the Ducks hoisted the Pac-12 title belt, propelled by Dana Altman’s legion of transfers. Can Oregon repeat without maestro Payton Pritchard leading the charge?
Read moreBig 12 2020-21 Preview
The vaunted Big-12 is extra potent this season, home to four legitimate national title contenders and 2021’s can’t miss prospect, Cade Cunningham. Can Baylor dethrone the Jayhawks after fumbling away last year’s Big-12 regular season crown? Or will another dark horse (cc: Texas Tech, West Virginia, Texas) emerge from the pack?
Read more#3 Kansas 2020-21 Preview
Order has been restored. The Jayhawks returned to their rightful place atop the Big-12 throne last season, but Baylor, Texas Tech, West Virginia and Texas are plotting their own coups in 2021.
Read more#5 Baylor 2020-21 Preview
Baylor was on a rocket ship to the moon, but a late season skid fumbled away the Big-12 title belt to Kansas. Can the Bears put it all together in a 2021 revenge tour?
Read more#8 Texas Tech 2020-21 Preview
The Big-12 is as unforgiving as ever, but Chris Beard and the boys won’t shy away from the challenge. A scintillating sophomore class and a star-studded pack of newcomers headline Beard’s war chest.
Read more#10 West Virginia 2020-21 Preview
Bob Huggins boasts another ultra-deep rotation that could go as many as 12-deep. The Big-12 is a bloodbath, but can the ‘Eers challenge the presumed favorites?
Read more#19 Oregon 2020-21 Preview
Dana Altman continues to gobble up transfers like a fly-catching frog, but how high can the Ducks fly without longtime commander-in-chief Payton Pritchard steering the ship?
Read more#22 Texas 2020-21 Preview
Shaka’s hoarding a ranch of talent this year, but the Big-12’s heavy hitters are as stout as ever. Can the Horns barge their way into the league’s upper echelon?
Read more#32 Richmond 2020-21 Preview
Chris Mooney silenced an irrational fan faction antsy for his upheaval last year. Now, with everyone back in action, can he keep the train rolling as the A-10’s prohibitive favorite?
Read more#33 Stanford 2020-21 Preview
It’s not often a freshman phenom lands in Palo Alto, but Jerod Haase struck gold with Sierra Canyon star Ziaire Williams. A sneaky strong sophomore class returns, putting the Pac-12 title belt in the Cardinal’s crosshairs.
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